Fayose Denies Ekiti Got N9bn Allocation for June

Olakiitan Victor in Ado Ekiti

Following the allegation that Ekiti State got a staggering sum of N9 billion from the Federation Account for the month June, Governor Ayodele Fayose has said the state government only got a net allocation of N2.5 billion.

Aside the state allocation, Fayose declared that the 16 local governments were given N2.01 billion.

The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) had on Sunday alleged that the government got over N9 billion , asking the workers not to take less than four months out of the six months owed.

The governor made this disclosure in Ado-Ekiti yesterday while speaking on state radio and television.
A statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Idowu Adelusi, the governor challenged the APC and any other person or group having any contrary figures to make that public.

Brandishing the allocation paper that came from Abuja, the governor said after the deduction of over N900 million to service the state’s debts, what eventually came to the state was N2.51 billion.

“Those peddling unfounded rumours were given their own opportunity to lead the state and they left the state in huge debts. Their failed, white elephant projects litter the state. The uncompleted civic centre, the new Governor’s Office along NTA Road where they only scrapped the ground. The pavilion was uncompleted and left in a state
of disrepair.

“I have always make known whatever comes to the state as allocations. There is nothing to hide as even the federal authorities do publish the allocations in daily newspapers. Their mischief has failed and by God’s grace they cannot defeat me. Let them continue to delude themselves, Ekiti people are no fools, they know the truth and those
who stand for the truth,” he said.

The governor also used the occasion to announce that the social security scheme of the state government where 1,000 people would be paid N5,000 monthly would soon take off.

He gave the assurance that the money would be paid directly into people’s accounts and not given to anybody to disburse.

Governor Fayose also urged pensioners in the state yet to complete their verification exercise to do so between Tuesday and Thursday this week.

He added that about 11,000 had been verified and about 3,000 were yet to take part.
Emphasising the importance of the exercise, the governor said only those that had been verified would be paid this month.

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